Antiseptic-applying apparatus.



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W. M. KELS.

ANTISEPTIC APPLYING APPARATUS.

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No. 679,262. Patented July 23, I90l. W. M. KELSU.

ANTISEPTIC APPLYiNG APPARATUS.

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ANTISEPTIC APPLVING PPARATUS.

(Application led June 4, 189B.)

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WILBER M. KELSO, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ANTISEPTlC-APPLYING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,262, dated July 23,1901- Applioation filed June 4,1898. Serial No. 682,588. (No model.)

.To a/ZZ whom, t may concern:

Beit known that I, WILBER M. KELso, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAntiseptic-Applying Apparatus, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to apparatus for sprinkling, spraying', oratomizing an antiseptic solution.

The prominent objects of my invention are to provide for the effectiveand efficient spraying orsprinkling of the ground or the floors, walls,or ceilings of buildings or cars or the like; to'provide wheeledapparatus respectively adapted to apply the antiseptic solution tostreets, the ground, and to the interior of buildings, cars, and thelike objects or articles; to arrange for the continuous and steadyapplication of the antiseptic in the way mentioned; to allow the easyand rapid handling of the devices employed for the purpose andrtheirmanipulation and transportation for the progressive application of theantiseptic; to provide practical, inexpensive, and easily-constructeddevices for such purposes, and to accomplish the aforesaid results in anefficient manner.

To the attainment of the foregoing and other desirable ends my inventionconsists in matters hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a side elevation of anantiseptic device embodying my invention and particularlyadapted forspraying or sprinkling streets or the ground with an antiseptic solutionand having portions broken away for convenience of illustration. Fig. 2is a rear elevation. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same, also havingportions broken away for convenience of illustration. Figs. 4, 5, and 6are views, partly in vertical section and partly in elevation, ofdetails of the apparatus, all taken on a larger scale. Figs. 7 and 8 arerespectively elevation and plan views of an apparatus particularlyadapted for spraying the interior of buildings, cars, and the like.

In Figs. l to 6, inclusive, of the drawings I have shown a Wheeledapparatus for sprinkling, spraying, or otherwiseapplying an an tisepticsolution to streets or roads as the vehicle passes over them.

In Figs. 7 and 8 I have shown a wheeled apparatus adapted to bepropelled by handpower for similarly applying an antiseptic so lution tothe doors, walls, and interior generally of buildings, railroad-cars,and the like.

The apparatus for street use involves a suitable vehicle mounted onttherear and front pairs of wheels 30 and 3l, respectively,which wheels arein turn mounted on the rear and -front axles 28 and 29, respectively.The front axle 29 is arranged so thatit can be deflected to either side,so as to permit the vehicle to be properly turned. The body-frame of thevehicle involves a couple ot' horizontally-arranged side bars 32 32,supported by springs 44 44, which extend longitudinally above the rearaxle 28, thence upwardly at a point between the two axles, so as toprovide space which the front wheels can occupy when they are in aturned position. 'lhese bars 32 curve thence downwardly and are formedinto the rear and the lower portion of a box 33, which is positioned andsupported by springs 34 above the front axle 29. On top of this box 33is arranged a suitable seat 35 for the operator ot' the vehicle. Infront of this seat is arranged a lever 36, by means of which the frontwheels can be suitably turned. The vehicle is desirably constructed sothat it can be propelled over the ground either by horse-power or by thepower of a motor carried by it. To such end the front axle isconstructed so that a pole can be attached to it. As an arrangement fordriving the vehicle by a motor on board of it I have shown an electricmotor 37, arranged below the rear axle 28 and having its armaturemounted upon a rotary shaft 38. The motor 37 is conven iently suspendedbelow the axle 28 by means of a couple of pairs of supporting-braces 4l,having their upper ends secured to the horizontal rods 42 42. These rods42 42 are held in position against forward and backward swingingmovement by guides 43, extending upward from their upper ends throughthe side bars 32 32. The shaft 33 is connected so as to permit of itsdriving the rear wheels 30 30 by a couple of pairs ot gear-Wheels 39 39and 40 40, respectively, on its opposite IOO the reservoir A it isforced into and through the interior tube 2 of a double hose B andthence out of the inner spout 3 of the nozzle C, attached to said hoseB, as best shown in Fig. 5; In this way .the antiseptic can be readilyapplied to the ground or street as the vehicle progresses. It isfrequently desirable, however, to supply or force air into the solutionas it leaves the dispensing-nozzle in order to form it into a light mistor very iine spray. To such end I have shown means and arrangement bywhich air can be forced into the antiseptic solution as the latterleaves the nozzle. This arrangement involves a compartment 10 ofcompressed air conveniently formed at the forward end of the tank orreservoir A and an outer tube 11 of the hose B,

through which outer tube 11 air is forced from the air-compartment 10 toand through the outer shell 12 of the nozzle C. In this way theantiseptic solution and the air are simultaneously forced through thesame hose into the same nozzle and mingled at the outlet of that nozzlein a way to produce a tine spray or mist.

In order to permit.- the formation 'of spray having relatively differentamounts ot' antiseptic solution and air under pressure in it, Iconstruct the nozzle C in such a way that the amounts of these elementsleaving it can be either independently or jointly regulated. The amountof antiseptic solution discharged v is regulated by turning the innershell 3 ofthe nozzle C by means of a iiange 13, formed at its end aboutvits screw-threaded connection with the metal hose-terminal 15, so as todraw the aperture at its outer end into greater 0r less proximity to theouter end of the plug 14, which is arranged centrally within it andwhich is rigidly connected to or made integral with the end of the metalhose-terminal 15. In this way the opening of the aperture at the forwardend of the nozzle-shell 3 is varied in size, so as to vary the dischargeof the antiseptic solution. The discharge of air under pressure isregulated by turning the outer shell 12 of the nozzle C about itsscrew-threaded connection with the inner shell 3 thereof by means of aflange 16 at its inner end. In this way the distance of the outer shellfrom the inner shell 3 is varied, so as to vary the space between thetwo,and thereby vary the dischargeopening formed between their Walls.

In order to permit the free and unrestrained adjustment of the innershell 3 by means of its flange 13, thelouter tube 1l of the hose B isterminated at a point to the rear of the connection of such shell withthe terminal 15 and is connected with the outer shell 12 of the nozzle Cby means of a supplementary hose 17. In this way access is readilyobtained to the flange 13 or other adjusting medium on the inner shell3. While the hose 17 could be connected with the outer nozzleshell 12 inany suitable way, it is shown as connected therewith so as to permit anextent of rotation thereof sufficient to produce vused with any portionof its length coiled upon the reel and alsol so that it cannot be withdrawn and separated from the latter the inner end of the tube 2 isattached to the outer end of a pipe 6, which extends radially outwardfrom the interior of the reel and has its outer end terminatedsubstantially .iinsh with the cylindrical shell of the reel, andtheouter tube 11 is attached to a second radially-arranged pipe 18, whichincloses the pipe 6. These radially-arranged pipes 6 and 18 formbranches or continuations of a pipe 7, which latter extends through andforms the axis with and upon which the reel rotates. The end portions ofthe pipe 7, however, are not in communication with one another, and theleft-hand end portion (referring to Fig. 4) communicates with theinner-pipe 6, while the right-hand end portion communicates with theouter radial pipe 18. In this way the antiseptic solution and the airunder pressure are readily conveyed to the inner and outer tubes of thehose B, and as a result the left-hand portion, or the portion 7 of thepipe 7, becomes a water or solution pipe and the right-hand portion, orthe portion 7b, becomes an air-pipe. The end portion 7 of this rotatingand reel-supporting pipe 7 is connected with a water or solution pipe 8,which forms substantially a continuation of it and which extendsoutwardly from the pipe 7 and thence downwardly and into thewater-compartment of the tank or reservoir A, as best shown in Fig. 2.The air end 7" of the pipe 7is similarly connected to a valved air-pipe19, which likewise extends outwardly and thence downwardly and isconnected to the reservoir or tank A, so as to communicate with theair-compartment 10 thereof, as best shown in Fig. 1.

In order to permit the rotation of the reelsupporting pipe 7, it isconnected with the pipes Sand 19 by rotaryor universal joints 9 9.

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suitable arrangement or apparatus. As a very simple and efficientarrangement for such purpose, however, I have shown an air-pump 20, Fig.l, and have connected it by suitable connections, so as to force air atwill either into both the-solution and air compartments or into thesolution-compartment alone. In the arrangement I have shown the air isforced from the pump and flexible connection or hose 2l, from whichlatter it passes into a pipe 22. This pipe is arranged horizontallybelow the tank or reservoir A and has its forward end connectedtherewith, so as to communicate with the air-compartment 10 thereof, andhas its rear end connected with a pipe 23, which extends upwardly withinthe solution-compartment substantially to the top thereof. In this wayair can be supplied to both the solution and air compartments of thetank or reservoir A. Vhen it is desired Vthat both these compartmentsshall receive air under pressure, both of the valves 24E and 25 in thehorizontally arranged pipe 22 are opened, and when it is desired thatbut one of such compartments only shall receive air under pressure theproper valve 24 or 25 is opened.

The degree of pressure in the air and water compartments of thelreservoir `A can be indicated by pressure-gages I5 and 46, which arepositioned in front of the drivers seat 35 and are connected,respectively, with the air and water or solution compartments bysuitably-valved pipes 47 4S, extending between the gages and the tank orreservoir A, as best shown in Figs. l and 3.

The pump 2O can be of any suitable construction and can be operated inany desired manner. As a preferred arrangement it consists in acylindrical plunger-pump and is arranged and connected in such a waythat it can be operated cit-her by the motor 37, which drives thevehicle, or by the rear wheels thereof Whenthe vehicle is not driven bya motor, but is drawn by horses. In such arrangement the pump isdisposed horizontally near the forward end of the'tank or reservoir Aand is operated by a reciprocating pistonrod 26, which is in turn drivenby an eccentric 27 on the rear axle 2S of the vehicle. The eccentric 27is desirably arranged and counected so that it .can be operated eitherby the electric motor which drives the vehicle either-when the vehicleis stationary or moving or by the rear wheel or wheels 30 when thevehicle is moving. The arrangement which I have shown for accomplishingthis end, and also for allowing connection to be made and severedbetween the motor and the rear wheels for driving the vehicle, and alsofor permitting it to be drawn without causing the rotation of the motoror the operation of the pump is particularly illustrated in Figs. 3 and6 of the drawings. In this construction the rear wheel 30 is loose uponits axle 2S `and is desirably provided with ball-bearin gs, so as todecrease friction vin its rotation. The

portion of the axle 28 between the wheel 30 and the downwardly-extendingportion of the former is surrounded by a sleeve 50, which is free torotate about the axle 28 independent of the wheel 30. This sleeve formsthe axle for the motor gear-wheel 40 and also for the eccentric 27, bothof which are loosely mounted upon it, so as to permit their rotationindependently of the sleeve and also independently of one another. Uponone end of the sleeve is mounted a clutch 51, which is keyed to thesleeve 50, so as to permit it to slide thereupon, and which can engagethe motor-gear 40, so as to cause the rotation of the lat-ter with thesleeve 5l. At the outer end of the sleeve 50 are a couple of clutches 52and 53, both of which are likewise keyed to the sleeve 50, so as topermit their sliding movement thereupon,and the former of which isadapted to engage the eccentric 27 .and the latter to engage the wheel30. Vhen it is desired to drive the wheel 30 without ydriving the pump,the inner clutch 5I is slid into engagement with the wheel 40, so as tocause the sleeve 50 to be rotated by the latter, and the outer clutch 53is slid outwardlyinto engagement with the wheel 30. In this way Inotionis communicated from the motor-geared to the sleeve 50 and thence to thewheel 30.

If it is desired at such time to drive the pump as well, theintermediate clutch 52 is slid inwardly into engagement with theeccentric 27, so that in this way the eccentric 27 is also rotated inconjunction with the drivingsleeve 50.

If it is desired to operate the pump by the vehicle-wheel instead of bythe motor, the motor-connecting clutch 51 is moved out of engagementwith the wheel 40, the clutch 53 is moved into engagement with the wheel30, and the intermediate or pump-connecting clutch 52 is moved intoengagement with the eccentric 27. In this way power is communicated fromthe wheel 30 to the driving-sleeve 50 and thence tothe eccentric 27,while at the same time the motor-gear 40 and the motorconnecting clutch5l remained stationary.

If it is desired to operate the pump while the vehicle is stationary,the motor-clutch 5l is moved into engagement with the motorwheel 4:0,the pump-connecting clutch 52 is moved into engagement with theeccentric 27, and the wheel-connecting clutch 53 is moved out ofengagement with the wheel 30. In this way power is transmitted from themotor to the gear-wheel 40, thence to the sleeve 50, and thence to theeccentric 27, while the wheel 30, and therefore the vehicle, remainsstationary. It will be observed that this is an exceedingly simple,inexpensive, and practical arrangement for the accomplishment of thevarious results enumerated. 'Ihese various clutches 5I, 52, and 53 arerespectively operated bya series of levers 541-, 55, and 5G, which areconnected with their allotted clutches by suitable straps arranged overthe latter and which extend rearwardly and are IOC IIO

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pivotally connected to the pump-supporting frame-bar 58.

It will be observed that in the drawings but one side of the `machine isshown, the right-hand wheels being attached in Fig. l and the left-handrear wheel being attached in Fig. 2 and but one side of the machinebeing shown in Fig. 3. The operating mechanism above described foroperating the pump and propelling the vehicle is therefore shown on butone side of the apparatus. If desired, the apparatus can be providedwith such mechanism on but one side of the machine, as shown in thedrawings, or it can be constructed with such mechanism on both of itssides, it being understood that in the latter case the mechanism on theother side corresponds to that shown in the drawings and also that inoperating it the levers 54, 55, and 56 are arranged in their properpositions for the various operations in the same way on opposite sidesof the apparatus. This lastnentioned arrangement of employing two setsof such pumpfoperating and vehicle-driving mechanism is the preferredone.

The electric motor 37 can be driven in any desired way. As a preferredarrangement it is driven by a battery ofvstorage-cells E, which as amatter of further improvement are Aconfined in the box 33, supportedover The connections between these storage-cells E and the motor 27 arethe usual connections for operating anelectric motor and are not shownor described herein, as they are well known and form no part of mypresent invention. i

The manuallyoperated apparatus illus- .trated in Figs. 7 and 8 is thesame in general arrangement and plan as the power-driven vehicleheretofore described. In this manually-operated vehicle a divided tank Ais arranged between and carried by a couple of large wheels 60. The tankA is divided into water or solution and air compartments l and 10, as inthe case of the power-driven vehicle. A hose B' is connected with pipes61 and 62, extending, respectively, into the air and solutioncompartments, and is conveniently coiled about a handle 64, which issecured to the rear end of the tank or reservoir A. It will beunderstood that this hose is double in construction, as shown anddescribed in connection with the power-driven apparatus. The pump 2Oadfor compressing air into the two compartments l and l0 is forconvenience arranged upon and secured to the top of the tank orreservoir A. The compressed air is conveyed from it to the twocompartments by suitably-valved pipes 65 and 66, leading from the pumpto them. The pump 20a is operated by a crank formed in a shaft 67, whichis arranged transversely above the tank or reservoir A/ and is supportedin suitable bearings extending upward from the wheel-axle. This shaft 67is rotated by the wheel-axle through the medium of a couple ofsprocket-wheels 68 and 69, re-

spectively, on the shaft 67 and a wheel-axle and a sprocket-chain 70,traveling upon the wheels 68 and 69. This hand-propelled vehicle can berested when not in use upon a small auXilary wheel 7l,carried at thelower end of the track 72, which latter is secured to the forwardportion of the tank or reservoir A.

It will be observed that my invention affords simple, inexpensive, andpractical means for sprinkling, spraying, or otherwise applying anantiseptic solution and also provides novel and efficient devices andcombinations for operating the vehicle and the solution-dischargingmechanism.

As many of the devices and constructions thereof can be changed withoutdeparting from the essence of my invention, I do not wish to limitmyselfto the specific devices and constructions shown herein, although Iconsider such devices and constructions particularly well adapted foraccomplishing the desired results, and therefore consider them mattersof special and further improvement.

What I claim as my invention is-A l. In a wheeled antiseptic apparatus,the combination with a motor and a source of power therefor carried bythe vehicle for supplying compressed air; air and solution tanks;connections for supplying air under pressure from the pump to either orboth of said tanks at will; spraying devices provided with means forregulating the relative amounts of air and solution emitted; andconnections for operating the pump and driving the vehicle by the motor,either alone or together.

2. In an antiseptic-applying apparatus, a discharge-,nozzle comprisingair and solution outlets and means for adjusting the size of either orboth of said outlets.

3. In an antiseptic apparatus, the combination with solution and airtanks, and with suitable devices for discharging the solution and air asdesired, of means for supplying air underpressure; and suitableconnections between such means and the solution and air tanks forsupplying the air under pressure to either or both of the tanks, atwill.

4. In a wheeled antiseptic apparatus, the combination of a tank orreservoir having solution and air compartments; a hose having twopassages or ductswhich are respectively connected with the solution andair compartments, and also having a nozzle which is adapted to permitthe simultaneous discharge of both the solution and air; a pump forsupplying air under pressure; suitable connections between the pump and.the air and solution compartments, for supplying compressed air toeither or both of the same at will; an electric motor and a storagebattery for operating the same; and mechanism for connecting theelectrical motor so as to drive the vehicle and also so as to operatethe pump either when the vehicle is in motion or at rest.

5. A Wheeled antiseptic device, comprising IOO IIO

a suitable body-frame mounted on front and rear wheels and axles; ahorizontally-arranged tank or reservoir having air and solutioncompartments; a hose consisting of interior and exterior tubesrespectively connected with the solution and air compartments; a nozzleattached to the end of the hose and adapted to permit the discharge ofthe solution and air as desired; a pump adapted to supply air underpressure and connected with both the air and solution compartments; anelectric motor suspended below the rear axle; and mechanism for eitherpropelling the vehicle or operating the pump, or both, by means of theelectric motor, at will. i

6. In a wheeled antiseptic apparatus, the combination with pumping meansand means for driving the vehicle, of a rotary drivingsleeve; mechanismfor connecting the motor with the driving-sleeve so as to cause therotation of the latter; mechanism for operating the pumping means; andmeans for connecting and disconnecting the driving-sleeve With themechanism for operating the pumping means at will.

7. In a wheeled antiseptic apparatus, the combination with a motor forpropelling the vehicle, and with the wheel-carrying axle having itswheel loosely mounted upon it, and also with a reciprocating pump, of arotary sleeve revolving about the wheel-axle a gearwheel driven by themotor and revolving about the driving-sleeve; an eccentric for operatingthe pump and revolving about the driving-sleeve; a clutch for connectingand disconnecting the driving-sleeve with the eccentric and with themotor gear-wheel, respectively.

8. In an antiseptic apparatus, the combination of a hose having a coupleof passages and also having a nozzle adapted to permit discharge fromboth passages, of a rotary reel upon which the hose can be coiled; arotary pipe serving as the axle of the reel and having its opposite endsout of communication with one another and respectively connected withthe two passages of the hose; and side pipes supporting the reel andconnected with the opposite ends of the reel-carrying pipe so as topermit the rotation of the latter.

9. In an antiseptic-applying apparatus, the combination with a hosecomprising interior and exterior tubes, and with a nozzle adapted topermit discharge from both tubes, of a rotary rel upon which the hosecan be coiled; a rotary reel serving as the axle of the reel and havingits opposite ends out of communication with one another; interior andexterior branch pipes extending radially outward from the rotaryreel-carrying pipe, and connected respectively with the opposite endsthereof; a couple of side pipes supporting the reel; and swivel orrotary joints connecting such pipes with the opposite en ds of thereel-carrying pipes.

l0. A discharge-nozzle comprising a head provided with a rigidoutwardly-extending plug; an inner shell screw-threaded upon the headand having an aperture which can be varied in size by the plug as aresult of screwing the shell upon the head; and an outer shellscrew-threaded upon the inner one, and forming between the same anditself a passage-way which can be varied in size by a relative movementbetween the two shells.

Signed by me at Chicago, Illinois, this 2d day of June, 1898.

WILBER M. KELSO.

Witnesses:

A. MILLER BELFIELD, L. M. BULKLEY.

